A state university desires to accept only the top 15% of all graduating seniors who took their entrance test. This test has a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Assume the variable is normally distributed   Find the probability that a person selected at a random will get a score greater than the mean of 500 but will not admitted to the university 15% 25% 35% 85% Find the cutoff score for the test 600 460 640 800

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A state university desires to accept only the top 15% of all graduating seniors who took their entrance test. This test has a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Assume the variable is normally distributed

 

  • Find the probability that a person selected at a random will get a score greater than the mean of 500 but will not admitted to the university
  • 15%
  • 25%
  • 35%
  • 85%
  • Find the cutoff score for the test
  • 600
  • 460
  • 640
  • 800
  • Which of the following statements about the normal curve is false?
  • All variables that are approximately normally distributed can be transformed into standard normal variables
  • The total area under the normal distribution is one
  • The standard normal distribution is unimodal
  • The normal distribution is a continuous random probability distribution

 

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